Reducciones para piano

For Viola and Orchestra (Piano reduction). Reduction part arranged by Henri Casadesus.

For Viola and Orchestra

The early classical concerto of Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda that was written around 1775 is virtuoso showing the technical and tonal qualities of the instrument to their best advantage.

The title combines the words recitare and cantare, and thus this eloquent song embodies a renewed attempt to demonstrate the communicative power of music. The piece was written for Tabea Zimmermann an...

Para su famoso concierto para órgano BWV 593, Johann Sebastian Bach arregló el Concierto Op. 3 nº 8 de Antonio Vivaldi para dos violines solistas, cuerdas y bajo continuo de 'L'Estro Armonico'. Esta e...

In 1847, Offenbach wrote a large-scale concerto of no less than 45 minutes' duration for 'his' instrument, the violoncello. It combines the classical symphonic structure with the liveliness and elegan...

Dass Offenbach in seiner Jugend als Cellist Furore machte, dass man ihn sogar als 'Paganini des Cellos' bezeichnete, ist angesichts seiner epochalen Bedeutung als Bühnenkomponist in Vergessenheit gera...

Klavierauszug mit Solostimme

Boccherini, one of the greatest violoncellists of the 18th century, left numerous concertos for his favourite instrument. In the very first of these works, the personal style of the composer is unmist...

Padre Martini was musical director in Bologna and a respected teacher of composition with whom studied Johann Christian Bach among others.Martini's compositions, between baroque and rococo as to style...

As to style, the concerto discovered in Naples in 1986 is close to the well-known concerto in Bb major; it was most likely created at the same -time. The carefully edited publication offers the origin...

David Popper (1843-1913), a pupil of Julius Goltermann, was not only a much-travelled and successful concert cellist. Like many of his virtuoso fellow musicians, he left a number of compositions for h...

The popularity of his (first) violin concerto drove Max Bruch not just almost to despair - 'I cannot listen to this concerto any more', he wrote to his publisher - it also got in the way of the compos...

The content and formal structure of the two-movement Poem have been subjectively borrowed from the poem Steps [Stufen] by Hermann Hesse. The frequently appearing short motifs in both parts of the work...

Apart from his 'classic', the First Concerto, Camille Saint-Saëns composed other works for the violoncello, such as his 'Suite' Op. 16. Written in 1862, the work lives on the composer's examination of...

When writing his Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33, Camille Saint-Saëns created a 'classic' of violoncello literature. But the French musician even wrote other solo works for this instrument: a second...

The last of three Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra by the famous film composer combines in two movements soloistic virtuosity with the characteristic style of Mediterranean folk tunes - now als...

Immerse yourself in a world of profound spirituality and sonic intensity with Concerto No. 2 'Klātbūtne' (Presence). This captivating work captivates soloists and audiences alike with its meditative d...

In 1972 Nino Rota composed his Cello Concerto No. 1; the actual date of the world premiere, however, remains unknown today. In contrast to his Cello Concerto No. 2, he refers here to the late Romantic...

Immerse yourself in the rich emotional world of Johann Strauss with "Dolci pianti (Sweet Tears)". This expressive romance for cello enchants listeners with its heartfelt melodies, profound emotional d...